Joseph henry adkins



J. H. ADKINS;

EXTENSION DRAWER SUPPORT.

No. 516,583. Patented Mar. 13, 1894.

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JOSEPH HENRY ADKINS, OF MADISON, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJ. 01 JOHNSON, OF SAME PLACE.

'EXTENSION-DRAWER SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,583, dated March13, 1894.

Application filed June 16, 1893. Serial No. 477,828- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH HENRY'ADKINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Madison, in the county of Rockingham and State ofNorth Oarolina,have invented a new and useful Extension -.DrawerSupport, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in drawers, and to that particularclassthereof known as extension, wherein the drawer may bedrawn entirelyfrom the case in which it is located and supported in its withdrawnposition whereby access to the drawer as a whole may be readilyobtained.

The objects of the invention are to produce a cheap and simpleconstruction of drawer of this class, the same being so arranged as topermit of an entire withdrawal of the drawer and a secure supporttherefor, wherein any accidental slipping of the drawer from its supportwhen withdrawn is avoided and yet to provide for a removal of the drawerfrom the supports when occasion may require.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainfeatures of construction hereinafter specified and particularly pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a drawerconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being withdrawnfrom its casing and supported by its slides. Fig. 2 is a transversesection of the casing, the drawer removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional view of one end of the drawer-casing, slide, and way. Fig. 4is a detail in perspective of the drawer. Fig. 5 is a detail inperspective of one of the stopplates.

Lilac numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

1 designates any ordinary casing, to the opposite side walls of whichare secured the pairs of reversely disposed parallel grooved Ways 2,which ways extend from the front to the rear of the casing. The ways arespaced apart a suitable distance and secured to the inner surface of thewalls of the casing between the front ends of the ways are metalstop-plates 3, the same having their rear ends downwardly bent to formstop edges 4. In these ways are located for movement slides slidessupports 7 are secured, and each support is provided with a pair ofaligning longitudinal slots 8 and 9, the former being in front of thelatter. The slot 8 has its upper wall provided with an opening 10through which access to the slot may be had, and the upper wall of theslot 9 is cut away from a point a short distance in front of its centerto its rear end, thus forming a half opened slot.

The drawer 11 may be of any suitable constru'ction, and of course isadapted to fit be tween the supports 7 and within the opening in thecasing. The drawer is provided at each end with a pair of pins 12 and13, the former being adapted to move in the slots 8 and the latter inthe slots 9, to which access may be had through the cut-away walls ofsaid slots. When the drawer is in position it will be seen that it, mayslide back and forth in the slots 8 and 9, being supported by its pinsor studs 12 and 13, and by moving the drawer so that its pins 12 areopposite the openings 10 of the slots 8, the rear pins 13 will beopposite the open side in the slots 9, and hence the drawer may belifted entirely from its supports. Should the slides be withdrawn fromthe ways to their fullest extent, as permissible by the stop-plates andpins, an entire removal of the drawer may be had.

In operation, in orderto' Withdraw thedrawer from the casing it issimply necessary to give a pull upon the same in the usual manner, thepins 12 and 13 of the drawer riding along the slots to the ends of thelatter, when the slides will begin to move in the ways and may be drawnout until their stoppins arrive in contact with the stop-plates. Inpushing the drawer in, the same moves along the slots until the pinsabut against the rear ends thereof, when the slides move inward upon theways.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it will be seen that I have provided a very simple constructionof extension drawer, wherein access to the entire drawer may be had, or

the latter may be removed entirely from the supports, which is a verynecessary and advantageous function in drawers employed for certainpurposes.

Having described my invention, What I claim is- 1. The combination witha casing, and the reversely disposed grooved ways secured therein, ofslides mounted in the ways, stops for the slides, aligning slots formedin each slide and provided between their ends with openings, and adrawer having pairs of studs or pins projecting from its ends engagingthe slots, substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a casing, grooved ways reversely disposed andarranged therein, of stop plates having inner bent edges secured betweenthe front ends of the ways to the walls of the casing, slides arrangedwithin the ways and provided with stop pins at their rear ends, supportsarranged upon the inner sides of the slides, each having a pair ofaligning slots, the upper wall of the front slot having an openingbetween its ends, and the upper wall of the rear slot being cut awayupon its upper side from a point in front of its oen-. ter to its rearend, and a drawer having opposite pairs of studs for engaging the slots,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH HENRY ADKINS.

Witnesses:

T. B. GANN, J. H. SUTTENFIELD.

